OVER RELIANCE ON TECH TOOLS HINDER THE COMMUNICATIVECOMPETENCE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Keywords:
Communicative competence, technological tool, pre shaped responses, auto mated responses, AI integration.Abstract
With the rapid progress in the field of academics new digital and technological tools are also in use.
Learners, especially students of college level are relying heavily on these mediums not only to gain
knowledge but also to enhance their communication skills. The increasing reliance on technology driven
communication tools such as automated prompts, predictive text and AI chatbots has developed serious
concerns about the erosion of human communicative competence. This research examines how overreliance or dependence on pre- shaped responses and AI generated responses decrease students or
learners' ability to engage in spontaneous intricate refined and contextually suitable communication.
Through a mixed method approach which included surveys, interviews and experimental assessments the
researchers analyzed the social and cognitive outcomes of reduced active language processing. The finding
of this research suggests that protract and lengthen use of auto generated prompt- based tools
corresponded with decreased verbal fluency, reduced empathy in dialogues or interactions and decreasing
rapid capacity for critical thinking in real time discourse. This article concludes with recommendations for
balancing technological assistance with steady communication skills to improve the ability to use in
practical usage.
